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To: Bilow who wrote (10119)	11/12/2001 10:39:07 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 281500

Hi Carl, Re: Even in the dreams of the Communists, the facts were that the urban proletariat listened to them a lot more than the rural did. The Russian serfs were so out of touch with the realities of politics that they were easily discounted. The best way to subjugate a people is to fail to educate them. This is exactly the evil of the madrassa system. And the misogyny of the fundamentalist musulmen. Frankly, I view the Communists of old (eg.Lenin/Stalin/Beria) as thugs who manipulated the aspirations of humble people for their own interests. Would-be leaders like Bakunin and Trotsky lost out because they actually had some democratic leanings, a true sign of weakness. Authoritarians generally get the cheese, in the current parlance. -R.